# nocht
## Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish nocht (“naked, bare, uncovered”), from Proto-Celtic *noxtos (“naked”) (compare Welsh noeth), from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós (compare English naked, German nackt).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /n̪ˠɔxt̪ˠ/

### Adjective

nocht (genitive singular masculine nocht, genitive singular feminine noichte, plural nochta, comparative noichte)
* bare, naked
* exposed

#### Synonyms

* (bare): lom

#### Derived terms

* earrnocht (“naked-tailed”, adjective)
* lomnocht (“stark naked, nude”, adjective)
* nochtach m (“naked person”)
* nochtacht f (“nudity”)

### Noun

nocht m (genitive singular noicht, nominative plural noicht)
* naked person
* (art) nude

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
nocht
noicht
vocative
a noicht
a nochta
genitive
noicht
nocht
dative
nocht
noicht
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an nocht
na noicht
genitive
an noicht
na nocht
dative
leis an nocht don nocht
leis na noicht :

#### Synonyms

* nochtach (“naked person”)

### Verb

nocht (present analytic nochtann, future analytic nochtfaidh, verbal noun nochtadh, past participle nochta)
* to bare, expose, reveal, uncover
* to strip
* to strip off
* to unveil
* to express
* to disclose
* (photography) to expose

#### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | nochtaim | nochtann tú; nochtair$^†$ | nochtann sé, sí | nochtaimid | nochtann sibh | nochtann siad; nochtaid$^†$ | a nochtann; a nochtas | nochtar |
| indicative | past | nocht mé; nochtas | nocht tú; nochtais | nocht sé, sí | nochtamar; nocht muid | nocht sibh; nochtabhair | nocht siad; nochtadar | a nocht / ar nocht* | nochtadh |
| indicative | past habitual | nochtainn | nochtá | nochtadh sé, sí | nochtaimis; nochtadh muid | nochtadh sibh | nochtaidís; nochtadh siad | a nochtadh / a nochtadh* | nochtaí |
| future | future | nochtfaidh mé; nochtfad | nochtfaidh tú; nochtfair$^†$ | nochtfaidh sé, sí | nochtfaimid; nochtfaidh muid | nochtfaidh sibh | nochtfaidh siad; nochtfaid$^†$ | a nochtfaidh; a nochtfas | nochtfar |
| conditional | conditional | nochtfainn | nochtfá | nochtfadh sé, sí | nochtfaimis; nochtfadh muid | nochtfadh sibh | nochtfaidís; nochtfadh siad | a nochtfadh / a nochtfadh* | nochtfaí |
| subjunctive | present | go nochta mé; go nochtad$^†$ | go nochta tú; go nochtair$^†$ | go nochta sé, sí | go nochtaimid; go nochta muid | go nochta sibh | go nochta siad; go nochtaid$^†$ | — | go nochtar |
| subjunctive | past | dá nochtainn | dá nochtá | dá nochtadh sé, sí | dá nochtaimis; dá nochtadh muid | dá nochtadh sibh | dá nochtaidís; dá nochtadh siad | — | dá nochtaí |
| imperative | imperative | nochtaim | nocht | nochtadh sé, sí | nochtaimis | nochtaigí; nochtaidh$^†$ | nochtaidís | — | nochtar |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | nochtadh | nochtadh | nochtadh | nochtadh | nochtadh | nochtadh | nochtadh | nochtadh |
| past participle | past participle | nochta | nochta | nochta | nochta | nochta | nochta | nochta | nochta |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form

#### Synonyms

* (to strip, strip off): lom
* (to strip off): rúisc, scamh, scoith
* (to voice): cuir in iúl

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “nocht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 88

## Old Irish
### Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *noxtos (“naked”) (compare Welsh noeth), from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /n͈oxt/

### Adjective

nocht
* naked, bare, uncovered

#### Inflection

o/ā-stem :
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | nocht | nocht | nocht |
| Vocative | nocht | nocht | nocht |
| Accusative | nocht | nocht | nocht |
| Genitive | nocht | nochtae | nocht |
| Dative | nocht | nocht | nocht |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | Feminine/neuter |
| Nominative | nocht | nochta | nochta |
| Vocative | nochtu nochta† | nochta | nochta |
| Accusative | nochtu nochta† | nochta | nochta |
| Genitive | nocht | nocht | nocht |
| Dative | nochtaib | nochtaib | nochtaib |
| Notes | † not when substantivized | † not when substantivized | † not when substantivized |

#### Descendants

* Irish: nocht
* Scottish Gaelic: nochd

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 nocht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Scots
### Alternative forms

* noucht, noght, nought, noch, nouch

### Etymology

From Middle English nought, from Old English nāwiht (“nothing, naught”). More at naught.

### Noun

nocht (uncountable)
* nothing, nought or naught

#### Derived terms

* nocht-gainstanding
* nochtelt (“mean, sneaky”)
* nochtie (“good for nothing, insignificant”)
* nochtifee (“to disparage”)
* nochtless (“worthless, of no account”)

### Adjective

nocht (comparative mair nocht, superlative maist nocht)
* worthless, good for nothing

### Verb

nocht (third-person singular simple present nochts, present participle nochtin, simple past nochtit, past participle nochtit)
* to hold in contempt, disparage

## West Frisian
### Noun

nocht c or n (no plural)
* enough
* pleasure, fun

#### Further reading

* “nocht”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011